Howard Bagnall Meek (October 30, 1893 – July 16, 1969[1]) was an American professor who founded Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.[2][3] He began teaching hotel management at Cornell during 1922, when the subject was part of the university's agricultural college, which operated its home-economics school, rather than a separate unit within the university.[4][5][6][7]
Howard Bagnall Meek | |
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 circa 1925 | |
| Born | Howard Bagnall Meek October 30, 1893 Chelsea, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 16, 1969 (aged 75) Pocasset, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Known for | Cornell University School of Hotel Administration |
References
edit- ^ "Meek, Howard Bagnall". eCommons. Cornell University. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ "Dean Howard B. Meek". Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly. 2 (1): 87–92. May 1961. doi:10.1177/001088046100200123. ISSN 0010-8804. S2CID 220628090.
- ^ Withiam, Glenn (April 1996). "H.B. Meek—Hospitality Educations Founding Dean". Hospitality & Tourism Educator. 8 (2–3): 42–49. doi:10.1080/23298758.1996.10685733. ISSN 2329-8758.
- ^ Ingram, Paul L. (2001). Brinton, Mary C.; Nee, Victor (eds.). The New Institutionalism in Sociology. Stanford University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-8047-4276-4.
- ^ Ingram, Paul L. (2020-11-25). The Rise of Hotel Chains in the United States, 1896-1980. Routledge. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-135-64218-1.
- ^ Altschuler, Glenn C.; Kramnick, Isaac (2014-08-12). Cornell: A History, 1940–2015. Cornell University Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 978-0-8014-7188-9.
- ^ Marcus, Alan I. (2015-12-31). Service as Mandate: How American Land-Grant Universities Shaped the Modern World, 1920–2015. University of Alabama Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8173-1888-8.
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